According to tradition, Santa lives at the north pole.
Also, Santa and his helpers make all the gifts he delivers on Christmas eve.

That must mean the north pole is somewhere in China!

He has you tricked. Santa has all those fake tags made and installed so you never suspect or investigate exactly where his North Pole factory is. He has an entire division of elves for cyber making all of those distracting shipping labels that never went anyplace but his sleigh to your house.

Its a serious operation.

Boy, are you gullible. I am glad I could explain that to you.

the North pole could be in the U.S. if you put a little effort in it then, following your logic

Exactly! Finally somebody gets it.

I am kinda mad at Santa. Keep asking for a Maserati and he keeps forgetting. I guess he only gifts kids.

How times change.

And here just a couple generations ago and when most of us here were still in short pants as they used to say, it was another Asian country that would be the butt of such jokes.

Or am I the only one around here who remembers comedian Allan Sherman's 1963 hit novelty recording set to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas with the final line of each stanza being:

"And a Japanese transistor radio."

Surely all my fellow geezers here remember this, don't we?

(...and btw and while I'm at it here, MERRY CHRISTMAS to all my old BA.com friends!)

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Exactly! Finally somebody gets it.

I am kinda mad at Santa. Keep asking for a Maserati and he keeps forgetting. I guess he only gifts kids.

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That's because the north pole isn't in Italy